‘Migrant smuggling’ sting brings M25 to a standstill: Police swoop on lorry and arrest driver causing seven-mile tailbacks after motorists spot people streaming out of the trailer ‘Police incident’ brings traffic to a standstill on the M25 near Brentwood, Essex Multiple police cars were seen surrounding a lorry on a lay-by this afternoon Witnesses saw … Read more
Man who filmed migrants arriving in Dover is arrested for ‘breach of the peace’ while recording video of them being loaded onto bus by border force Social media user Active Patriot recorded the group as they waited in a car park Immigration officers told him to put down the camera but he continued to record … Read more
Over 100 more migrants have landed in Dover today as Rishi Sunak threatened to send in the Royal Navy to help turn back the ‘tide’ of boats. Among them was a group of 12 men in their 20s, who were on a small vessel that was intercepted by Border Force officers. They were given face … Read more
Three migrants were rescued from their sinking inflatable kayak by a builder on his way home to Britain after swimming from Dover to Calais for charity today. Justin Legge, 49, started the 21-mile journey at 1.30am, raising almost £24,000 in memory of a friend who died of leukaemia. He was on his way back across … Read more
A heavily-pregnant woman and young children are among migrants to land on Kent beach as smugglers tell them to make dangerous Channel crossing before Brexit ‘closes the door’. One group of around 16 refugees including 10 young children landed on Dungeness beach in Kent around 8.30am today, and a further cluster of migrants were pictured … Read more
Another 75 migrants streamed into Dover today as people smugglers urge hundreds to make the Channel crossing now before Brexit ‘closes the door’. Pictures show men wearing masks and lifejackets being brought into the Kent port of Dover on a Border Force speedboat. The Coastguard said it was dealing with ‘multiple incidents’, though an official … Read more
This is the shocking moment Good Morning Britain reporter Jonathan Swain followed ten migrants as they crossed the Channel – as experts warned they are being told by smugglers to cross now before Brexit is finalised. The small, packed boat was sitting dangerously low in the Channel as one man on board bailed out water, … Read more
Seven ‘migrants’ are arrested after being found in the back of lorry that arrived in the UK from France Five adults and two teenagers were found at Millbay Docks in Plymouth today Devon and Cornwall Police found the suspected migrants in a Mesguen lorry A record 202 illegal immigrants made the Channel crossing to Kent on Thursday … Read more
Border Force was again scrambled to Kent this morning after a group of migrants landed on the coast – just hours after a record-breaking 202 crossed the Channel yesterday. Officers wearing face coverings were seen talking to the group of around ten people in Dungeness earlier today. The number of people to have made it … Read more
Former Italian deputy PM Matteo Salvini could face 15 years in JAIL after senate allows him to be tried for ‘illegally detaining migrants at sea’ Vote passed 149 to 141 with one abstention in the Italian senate in Rome today He is accused of using his power to illegally prevent more than 80 migrants rescued in … Read more